Agenda - 12-03-2018 8-a - Minutes

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30 1 Commissioner Jacobs said he felt just the opposite, and he would like it to be as simple 2 as possible, and a minimal burden on staff. He said running it by another advisory board is an 3 onerous process. He said the Planning Board would also likely want to weigh in, which will 4 cause delays and staff will resent and dread it. He said in terms of practicality it does not work 5 as well as the other two goals on the abstract, and he said a simple version would be best with 6 larger items being fleshed out as regular agenda items. 7 Commissioner Marcoplos said he agreed, and he thought that the CfE would only look 8 at the template one time to provide input on its creation, not so that every issue would be run 9 through the CfE. 10 David Stancil said staff would forward the idea to the CfE for initial input, but would not 11 be reviewing every abstract. 12 Commissioner Marcoplos said this would be quick and dirty, but more or less accurate. 13 Commissioner McKee said he would be in favor of a simple statement, like the other two 14 goals, but anything else is layering on extra work for staff. He said there is a perception that 15 Orange County is anti-business, and he said this Board has worked hard to reduce this 16 perception. He said he is concerned that if the Board gets too involved in laying out specific 17 parameters, it will be interpreted as specific regulations in the making, thus reinforcing the anti- 18 business perception. 19 Commissioner Marcoplos said it may be that it does not end up being a little introduction 20 at the beginning, and over time it may end up being applied within the greater analysis of any 21 issue. He said there are things related to the environment, which the Board should know about 22 on any issue that comes before the Board, e.g.: what is the effect on waste reduction/energy 23 use, etc. 24 Commissioner McKee said it is information to which the Board already has access, and 25 this would add another level of work on staff on every abstract. 26 Commissioner Marcoplos said what if the Board wanted to know the energy use of the 27 new jail. 28 Commissioner McKee said to simply ask staff to provide that information. 29 Commissioner Marcoplos said there should be a short list of environmental information 30 that the Board should want, and have, on every project without having to ask. 31 Commissioner McKee said he thinks staff is already doing this. 32 Commissioner Rich said the issue is that this information could already be in abstract up 33 front, as opposed to having to ask the questions during a presentation. 34 Commissioner McKee said a lot of the projects already have this information included, 35 and this simply seems like more work for staff without a defined reason for the work. 36 Commissioner Rich said the work to gather the information is already being done, and 37 the question is how does it match up with the environmental goal that may be added to the 38 abstract. 39 Commissioner McKee asked if there is a reason to have it as a written goal. He said 40 there is no doubt in anyone's mind that Orange County is environmentally conscious, and he 41 wonders what they are trying to accomplish. 42 Commissioner Rich said the public is asking for this, and the County has values, which 43 should be at the forefront of all that it does. 44 Commissioner McKee said Orange County had a reputation of being anti-business. 45 Commissioner Rich said she does not want to debate that issue, but if the County has 46 values of being environmentally conscious, it should promote this at the forefront and keep it in 47 mind with all goals. 48 Commissioner McKee said Commissioner Jacobs' suggestion accomplishes that.